childlessness, so he said, “Seek Allah’s forgiveness.” He then recited to them Allah’s words concerning Noah (peace be upon him): ‘I said, “Seek forgiveness from your Lord; indeed, He is ever Most Forgiving. He will shower you with abundant rain, support you with wealth and children, and provide you with gardens and rivers.”’”1

“That is, if you repent to Allah, seek His forgiveness, and obey Him, He will increase your provision, send down upon you the blessings of the heavens, bring forth for you the blessings of the earth, make crops grow for you, cause your livestock to yield abundant milk, and support you with wealth and sons—that is, grant you wealth and children. He will also provide you with gardens containing all kinds of fruit, interspersed with rivers flowing through them.”2 This demonstrates the immense benefits of seeking forgiveness, the abundance of its blessings, and the variety of its fruits.

These fruits mentioned here are among the immense blessings, generous gifts, and varied benefits that a servant attains in this world. As for the abundant reward, immense recompense, mercy, forgiveness, deliverance from the Fire, and protection from punishment that those who seek forgiveness will attain on the Day of Resurrection, none but Allah Almighty can enumerate them.

Ibn Mājah narrated in his Sunan from Abdullah ibn Busr (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) said: “Glad tidings to the one who finds abundant seeking of forgiveness in his record.” Its chain of transmission is authentic3.

Al-Tabarānī also narrated in al-Awsat, as did al-Diyā al-Maqdisī in al-Ahādīth al-Mukhtāra,